Sanitary combing and make-up jacket



Nov. 8, 1932. N. K. LEMKE ET AL SANITARY GOMBING AND MAKE-UP JACKETFiled Dec. 22. 1930 Z? 2'1 [/2 fl'erzinlx 170/7714 a Lem/2e,

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Patented Nov. 8, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE NORMA K. LEMKE ANDZELMA C. PLASS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS SANITARY COMIBING AND MAKE-UPJACKET Application filed December 22, 1930. Serial No. 503,948

Our invention relates to means for protecting clothing and the skin fromdandruff, residue of cosmetics, etcetera, and has for its object, amongothers, the provision of convenlent, economical and sanitary means foraccomplishing the said end.

Specifically, our invention relates to a sanitary combing and make-upjacket, which is worn when the user is dressing the hair or applyingcosmetics. The jacket in our preferred form is made of an extremelyinexpensive but serviceable material, such as aper, although othermaterials may be used. he jacket, because of the inexpensive materialemployed in its construction and because of its simplicity, should bealmost as available as the ordinary paper napkin, towel, etcetera. It isdesigned that the jacket be not only economical, but entirely sanitary.One of the features of our invention is the provision of means forproducin the jacket for sale at so small a cost as to ma e it entire- 1ypracticable and within the financial reach of every user to discard thejacket after a single using, and to utilize a new one on each occasionso that it will never be necessary for one person to use a jacket thathas already been used by another.

The advantages of the jacket are innumerable. For example, womensdresses, de-

signed as they are to be put over the head, make it practicallyimpossible to prevent d1- sheveling the hair which has been combedbefore the garment is put on. Further, pins,

because they protrude upward, are easily caught on the garment and dropout. The use of the jacket permits the garment to be put on first andthe hair then combed, and prevents the distress of untidy hairdress orthe necessit of having to comb the hair twice.

The j ac et assures the user of a tidy and wellgroomed appearance aftershe has finished her toilet. It prevents powders, creams, lotions,etcetera, from coming in contact with her garment. It eliminates orminimizes injury to the dress from forcing powder, dandruff, etcetera,into the dress material, which is the result of the usual use of powderand brushing of the hair that is necessary. This is especially true inthe case of worsted dresses, and particularly black and the darkershades, as the brushing leaves a grayish streaked appearance over theshoulders and front of the garment.

The garment is further advantageous for use before the user attiresherself in the outer dress. Ordinarily in such a case, it is difiicultto keep theskin free from combings and dandruif. Th1s condition isrecognized by medical authority to be the cause of virulent skinrritation, and one especially contributive to infections where there areskin eruptions on the chest or back, as in the case of acne.

The jacket is of great assistance in connection with womens formaldress. The woman in evening clothes may groom and freshen herself asfrequently as she desires by the use of our jacket, assured that hergown Wlll be protected, and confident that she will not have to sufferfrom fear of untidincss or other contingencies.

The jacket is extremely advantageous to beauty parlors and hairdressingestablishments by way of economy and sanitation. ThlS is obviouslybecause of the great demand for some such means in such establishments.The garment bein of such light weight, has an advantage 0 comfort in hotWeather over the heavier devices now employed. Not only is there anadvantage in sanitation, by virtue of the fact that the customer is notrequired to use a covering that was used on other persons, but there isthe advantage of the immense saving in laundry costs.

For. the business and professional woman, shopper, the theater-goer,etcetera, the jacket serves a most definite need never met before, or atleast not in a Way approximating the device of our invention. She isconfronted with the necessity of remaking her toilet without theconvenience or privacy or the leisure of her dressing room. The populartrend toward long-hair intensifies the problem, the hair in itsgrowing-out stage entailing frequent combing as it does. In other placesand circumstances too numerous to mention, such as the theaterprofession with its profuse make-up, clubs, department stores,

hotel lounges, railroad trains, etcetera, the jacket has untoldadvantages.

Our invention has other objects and advantages, some of which will beapparent hereinafter. The invention will be best understood by referenceto the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and inwhich:

Fig. 1 is a front view of the preferred form of our jacket in actualuse, partly in perspective;

Fig. 2 is a front view of the jacket as it appears when fully adjustedfor use;

Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the entire jacket spread at full length inone plane;

.Fig. 4 is a front elevation showing the 'acket in its position beforebeing laced as in ig. l; and

Fig. 5 is an elevation of the left front side of the jacket.

'The referred form of the jacket, as illustrated in the drawin comprisesa sheet of material which is su stantially rectangular in outline 10.The material, of course, may be of various kinds, but in our preferredform is of a very inexpensive type of paper. The sheet has a backportion 11, and left and right front portions 12 and 13. The sheet isprovided in the center with a neck portion 14 which is substantiallycircular in form. The size of this portion, it is hardly necessary tostate, may be changed to suit the need. The left front portion 12 isprovided with an overlapping portion 15, and the right front side 13 issimilarly provided with an nnderlapping portion 16. The right front side13 is also equipped with two slits 17 and 18, the slit 17 being locatedabove the slit 18 and being greater in length. The left front portion 12is provided with a lip or tongue 19.

In operation, the jacket as shown in the position in Fig. 3, is takenand by drawing the portions 12 and 13 apart, the acket may be slippedaround the neck. The back portion llmay then be drawn down, or may beallowed to fall down of its own accord. The back ic'jftion will benddown over the back alongthe lines 20, which should rest substantially onthe shoulders. The front portions 12 and 13 will then be drawn down to asubstantially vertical position. It is to be noted that the edges 21 and22 are not connected, but are allowed to fall to a position where theyare substantially adjacent to each other. The overlapping portion 15will then be drawn over the underlapping portion 16, thereby bringingthe lip 19 substantially in registry with the slits 17 and 18. At thatpoint the lip 19 may be raised and inserted into the slits 17 and 18 tolace the jacket.

While we have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying our invention into effect, this is capable ofvariation and modification without departing from the spirit of theinvention. We, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precisedetails of construction set forth, but desire to avail ourselves of suchvariations and modifications as come within the scope of the appendedclaim.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

In a jacket designed to be used a single time to protect the body fromcombings, cosmetlcs or the like, a sheet of inexpensive paper likematerial substantially in the form of a rectangle, an opening in thecenter of said sheet constructed and arranged so that the same may beplaced about the neck of a person and folded to provide front and backfolded portions, the front folded portion bemg cut from the neck portionto the bottom of said folded portion to provide two front portions, aplurality of slits in one of said front portions, the slits beingaligned one beneath the other and each slit being of shorter length thanthe one above it, a down- Wardly tapering lip die-slit in the otherfront portion and adapted to be inserted in said slits whereby the frontportions may be locked together.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification.

NORMA K. LEMKE. ZELMA C. PLASS.

